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...prolonged viewing by children of violent programs is associated with more aggressive behavior, such as getting into fights and disrupting the play of others. (A link between TV and violent crime, however, has not been clearly established.) Other studies suggest that TV viewing can dampen kids' imagination. Patricia Marks Greenfield, a professor of psychology at UCLA, conducted experiments in which several groups of children were asked to tell a story about the Smurfs. Those who were shown a Smurfs TV cartoon beforehand were less "creative" in their storytelling than kids who first played an unrelated connect-the-dots game...
...native of Greenfield, Iowa, Sidey grew up working on the family newspaper, the Adair County Free Press, founded by his great-grandfather in 1889. He studied engineering at Iowa State College but soon returned to journalism. For the past 35 years, he has practiced his art, first for LIFE magazine, then, since 1958, for TIME. Says senior editor Thomas Sancton: "Hugh Sidey is TIME's gift to journalism. When I was in college, I wrote him a fan letter and was thrilled to get a handwritten reply. I never dreamed I'd be editing his copy one day. But then...
...things, like his love of country music. (The Bushes actually also listen to classical in the White House.) Ironically, Bush wins points for genuineness, even with cynics like me, for the hints of self- awareness he's always dropping about the stage show he's putting on. As Meg Greenfield has put it, "Bush is always telling you how to look at what he is doing, or what the impression is he is trying to create." It's cute...
There are times when Healy has something on his mind that cannot be shared by either teaching or example. Then he is apt to write a column for his old friend Meg Greenfield, editorial-page editor of the Washington Post. Recently he wrote a wise, forbearing essay on the troubles of Washington Mayor Marion Barry, concluding with Donne's words, "Thou knowest this man's fall, thou knowest not his wrastling...
...capital-gains cut will undermine tax reform and ultimately boost the deficit, but Washington cannot say no to any kind of giveback. -- There is less than meets the eye to the rash of arms-control proposals. -- In Greenfield, Iowa, a newspaper marks its centennial and a rural community worries about its future...